BALMER As BALMER (Baumer, Bawmer, Balmour, Ballimer etc.) is not a common name, I am building up a UK-wide archive of them (pre-1900). This already exceeds 8,000 people and is proving useful to others. Hopefully it will be live on the net in the autumn. Although Huntingdon does not appear to have had many BALMER residents, I would welcome any contributions, and if I can be of help please let me know. One family in particular is posing problems. On 2 Aug 1831, James BALMER, an ornamental plasterer of Huntingdon, married Elizabeth, daughter of William BARNARD at Brampton, Huntingdon. He and his family later appear in London, Cheltenham and many other places, belived to be connected with decorative plastering and general plastering work on new housing developments. Some of the family emigrated to Canada and the United States and, as the expression has it, 'multiplied abundantly'. Any information on where this James BALMER came from, or indeed any information on him, would be very gratefully received by a large number of people. Thanks in anticipation, Jim Balmer